This Week In Review

Between crime and earthquakes San Leandro had a busy week.

In one crime story that sparked interest, police in connection with the that occurred in San Leandro's industrial district earlier this month.

Police believe that Paul Arthur Stevenson III, age 20, is the man who they had earlier identified as a "" in connection with the shootings that took the life of a and two other persons.

But Stevenson's parents told the San Francisco Chronicle their son was not involved in the shooting.

City sued for shooting by police

The tables were turned on Monday when the family of a woman shot and killed during an arrest in December against the city.

The suit revolves around 39-year-old Gwendolyn Killings of Hayward who was after a car chase that ended on Bancroft Avenue just over the Oakland border.

On Friday, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office issued a report that cleared the officers, .

Standing on shaky ground

A rattled nerves throughout the East Bay last week.

Ironically, the seismic activity came shortly after the California Earthquake Authority involving more than 8 million state residents.

if you think its time to review your earthquake preparedness.

Two activist tales

San Leandro experienced two different flavors of activism last week.

In one instance, a small band of Second Amendment activists carrying rifles.

The "open carry" advocates were protesting a law that will make it illegal to carry unloaded handguns in public effective Jan. 1.

After the rally they crossed Hesperian Boulevard, still armed, to eat fried chicken.

Meanwhile, earlier in the week a group of neighbors gathered at the end of St. Mary Avenue to celebrate their success in forcing Alameda County to to log the north bank of San Leandro Creek.

They accomplished their objective with reams of research.